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March 01, 2022

Ways To Control Your Cincinnati Home Security With Your Cell Phone

These days, a home security system is more than keypads and alarms. Security may incorporate integrated smoke detectors, smart lights, and a whole host of home automation equipment. To control it all you can utilize your convenient touchscreen interface when you are home. When you’re not on location, you have the ability to control your Cincinnati home security with a phone.

Thankfully, the responsive ADT cell phone app makes managing your system easy to do.

How To Get Started With ADT Control

The first step to controlling your Cincinnati home security system with your cell phone is by getting the ADT Control app for your Android or Apple phone. At installation, your rep will instruct you through the basic configuration. When you have decided on your log-in details, you can use it with other smartphones and other mobile devices. If you want to activate your home’s security, press the easy-to-identify shield. You are able to access every device from this convenient interface, including smart lights and locks, surveillance systems, and sensors.

Access Your System From Anywhere

A home security app on your cell phone gives you the ability to control devices throughout your home with the effortless touch of your finger. Forgot to secure the front door when leaving for the day? Simply open your ADT mobile app. You are able to activate your overall home security, view cameras, alter light levels, change your HVAC, by touching the correct icon in your app. You will stay connected with immediate updates on your cell phone in the event any of your connected security elements detect an issue.

Get A Better View

If you control your Cincinnati home security system with your phone, you can get a real-time view of your interior and exterior when cameras are turned on. Peruse live views from any connected camera right from your phone, and keep short clips or still images, and watch more extensive segments as you wish. Then when guests stop at your house – the mail person, a delivery driver, or a friend -- just use the two-way talk functionality to talk with them.

Go Advanced With Scheduling And Geofencing

Through the central menu, you can explore several advanced options. Schedule your smart thermostat, door and window sensors, lighting, and whatever else you want by designing your own unique scene. Here, you may designate how devices operate together, and when you want them to engage or turn off. Create a bedtime scene that switches off all the downstairs smart lights, activates the porch light, lowers the temperature, and arms your alarms. Next, you can customize a morning scene that reverts the settings when it’s time to get out of bed.

If you want to get more technical, you could activate geo-services from the main hub or the app. By doing so, you can have your property
secure itself by activating locks, switching off the smart lights, and arming your alarms when you depart for work. Then when you pull in from your long day on the job, your house will come alive by automatically putting up the garage door and turning off your security system.

Get The Power Of ADT Control In Cincinnati With One Simple Phone Call

Now you’re able to go away with certainty knowing your home is [[safer|more secure|better protected] than it has ever been before. Just call (513) 230-7397 or fill in the form below and a skilled security professional will help you build the perfect home security system for your unique needs -- complete with ADT Control.